The Shemwell Family

Helen StewartAge: 95 years19132009

Name
Helen Stewart
Given names
Helen
Surname
Stewart
Married name
Helen Hart
Birth December 9, 1913 26 22
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 2 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a sisterHazel Stewart
September 18, 1918 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 3 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 4 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Census January 9, 1920 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Eliza Stewart
May 5, 1921 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterLillian Maxine Stewart
January 20, 1924 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 15 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Census April 12, 1930 (Age 16 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherCharles Allen Stewart
May 21, 1932 (Age 18 years)
MarriageWilliam Ralph HartView this family
July 1937 (Age 23 years)
Census April 29, 1940 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Death of a paternal grandmotherClara Isabelle Holland
April 23, 1947 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 36 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death of a sisterMary Eliza Stewart
November 22, 1985 (Age 71 years)
Death of a sisterLillian Maxine Stewart
July 12, 1986 (Age 72 years)
Death of a motherMabel Wilson
June 4, 1989 (Age 75 years)
Death of a fatherHomer Holland Stewart
March 21, 1991 (Age 77 years)
Death of a sisterHazel Stewart
December 4, 1991 (Age 77 years)
Death of a husbandWilliam Ralph Hart
May 17, 2007 (Age 93 years)

Death August 6, 2009 (Age 95 years)

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: August 21, 1910Wheatland, Hickory, Missouri, United States
3 years
herself
5 years
younger sister
Hazel Stewart
Birth: September 18, 1918 31 27Hickory, Missouri, United States
Death: December 4, 1991Osceola, St. Clair, Missouri, United States
3 years
younger sister
Mary Eliza Stewart
Birth: May 5, 1921 34 30St. Clair, Missouri, United States
Death: November 22, 1985Missouri, United States
3 years
younger sister
Lillian Maxine Stewart
Birth: January 20, 1924 36 32St. Clair, Missouri, United States
Death: July 12, 1986Missouri, United States
Family with William Ralph Hart - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: July 1937Missouri, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Homer Holland Stewart - Household

St. Clair, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Stewart, HomerheadMW32MMOMOMOfarmer
Stewart, MabelwifeFW36MMOKYMO
Stewart, HelendaughterFW6SMOMOMO
Stewart, HazeldaughterFW2SMOMOMO

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Homer Holland Stewart - Household

St. Clair, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Stewart, HomerheadMW48M23MOMOMOfarmer
Stewart, MabelwifeFW23M19MOKYMO
Stewart, HelendaughterFW16SMOMOMO
Stewart, HazeldaughterFW11SMOMOMO
Stewart, Mary EizadaughterFW9SMOMOMO
Stewart, MaxinedaughterFW6SMOMOMO

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - William Ralph Hart - Household

Osceola, St. Clair, Missouri, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Hart, RalphheadMW28MMOproprietorfilling station
Hart, HelenwifeFW26MMO